•Member, American Bar Association•Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committee on Telecommunications Law•Member, Women in Cable & Telecommunications

Born

Rhinebeck, New York, 1955

Biography

Barbara Meili represents clients in the U.S. broadcast and cable industries, including counseling clients in virtually all aspects of license and distribution arrangements, merger and acquisition activity and regulatory issues. Barbara also provides general corporate representation of clients in connection with purchases of programming entities.

•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law, 2005-2015•Listed, Multichannel News, Top Dealmakers, 2014•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, New York Metro Super Lawyers, 2006-2010 and 2013-2014•Honored, CableFAX's Most Powerful Women in Cable, 2013•Named, U.S. News - Best Lawyers Law Firm of the Year in Entertainment Law - Music, 2011-2012•Named, Top Women Lawyers in the Northeast, Arrive magazine, 2011•Listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of the leading business lawyers and law firms in the world, 2010 and 2011•Listed, The Hollywood Reporter, Power Lawyers: Top 100 Outside Counsel•Listed, The Legal 500 United States, 2007•Rated, AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5

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Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles•Profiled, Lawyers Who Make Cable Deals Legal, Multichannel News, April 21, 2014Lectures•Panelist, Current Developments in the Motion Picture and Television Industries, The ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries Annual Meeting, New York, NY, October 13-15, 2011

Associated News & Events

Press Releases

11.19.14 Greenberg Traurig Wins Five M&A Advisor Awards

09.24.14 70 Greenberg Traurig New York Attorneys Recognized in 2014 Edition of New York Metro Super Lawyers

08.21.14 31 Greenberg Traurig New York Attorneys Included in 2015 Edition of Best Lawyers in America

08.21.13 29 Greenberg Traurig New York Attorneys Included in 2014 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America

09.01.09 Greenberg Traurig Takes Top Spot in Best Lawyers in America for 3rd Year

10.15.08 Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America 2009

10.30.07 Greenberg Traurig Joins Forces to Form New York Media and Entertainment Practice Group

Reported Cases

Significant Representations; Represents several major cable programming services. Representation consists of negotiating agreements with cable operators, satellite distributors and other multichannel video programming distributors. Represents network-owned and operated station groups as well as various network-affiliated broadcast station owners in connection with negotiating retransmission arrangements with cable and other multichannel video programming distributors. Represents several major sports content providers. Advises on virtually all aspects of Federal Communications Commission and other regulatory issues. Represents several online and Internet-delivered programming services and other content providers.